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11:45 AM ET, August 2, 2013

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The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Exclusive: Dozens of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi attack  —  CNN has uncovered exclusive new information about what is allegedly happening at the CIA, in the wake of the deadly  —  Benghazi terror attack.  —  Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens …
Politico:
Hill gets Obamacare fix  —  Lawmakers and staff can breathe easy — their health care tab is not going to soar next year.  —  The Office of Personnel Management, under heavy pressure from Capitol Hill, will issue a ruling that says the government can continue to make a contribution …
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Obama Solves Health Care Problem for Lawmakers, Staff (Updated)
Discussion: Hot Air
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Putin's ‘zero-sum’ misstep  —  President Barack Obama can't come close to living up to the fantasies of a showdown stirred by Vladimir Putin's international flip-off.  —  But for all the calls Thursday to reassess the Russia relationship in the wake of Russia's granting temporary asylum to Edward Snowden …
Discussion: VodkaPundit
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World News:
Possible al Qaeda threat closes all US embassies Sunday across Middle East  —  The U.S. State Department has announced officials will close down all U.S. embassies across the Middle East on Sunday after Al-Qaeda-related intelligence suggested a threat.  NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
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Washington Wire:
Text of State Department's Travel Alert on Terror Threat  —  The State Department issued a world-wide travel alert Friday, citing the potential threat of a terrorist attack from al Qaeda.  Here is the text of the alert.  —  August 2, 2013  —  The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens …
Discussion: The Raw Story
CNN:
Al Qaeda link in Mideast embassy closings
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and americanthinker.com
Weekly Standard:
The Soft Underbelly of Obama­care  —  For opponents of Obamacare, it almost seems like the law offers too many targets to choose from.  Its effects on premiums and costs look to be highly unpopular, its perverse incentives are already harming employment, its state exchanges will hand …
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Inside the Obamacare resistance
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
Six Reasons Hipsters Will Bite on Obamacare
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Ninth woman accuses San Diego mayor Filner of sexual harassment  —  A ninth woman has emerged to accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (D) of sexual harassment.  —  Emily Gilbert, who was hired to sing at a fundraiser days after Filner took office in December, told Fox5 that Filner grabbed her inappropriately at the event.
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Jamie Chambers / FOX5 San Diego:
9th woman accuses Filner of sexual harassment
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Coming to an Old Friend's Aid, With an Eye on the Clinton Image  —  Moments before Huma Abedin stood amid a phalanx of television cameras last week and announced to a national audience that she was standing by her embattled husband, Anthony D. Weiner, she made a quick phone call to a trusted colleague.
Fox News:
Seattle officials call for ban on ‘potentially offensive’ language  —  Government workers in the city of Seattle have been advised that the terms “citizen” and “brown bag” are potentially offensive and may no longer be used in official documents and discussions.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Yahoo! News:
The ‘Straight Talk Express’ is back: McCain on his fears about the future of the GOP  —  Sen. John McCain has a strong warning for Republicans: Falter on immigration reform and the party will lose in 2016.  —  “If we fail on immigration reform, it won't matter who our nominee …
Discussion: Politico
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
How fractured is the GOP?  —  Acombination of early presidential maneuvering and internal policy debate is feeding yet another iteration of that media perennial: the great Republican crackup.  This time it's tea party insurgents vs. get-along establishment fogies fighting principally over two things …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Telegraphs Mass Filibuster Of Obama's Top Judges  —  Senate Republicans are standing firm by their threat to block every one of President Obama's nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, insisting on eliminating all three vacant seats on the country's second most powerful court.
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Todd Ruger / The BLT:
Patricia Millett D.C. Circuit Nomination Heads to Full Senate
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Here's How Republicans Can Take Over the Senate  —  There are many opportunities for GOP pickups in states where Democrats are weak.  —  One difference between professional athletes and fans, and between coaches and cheerleaders, is that while all of them see opportunities for their teams …
Mike Judge / The Christian Institute:
Gay couple to sue church over gay marriage opt-out  —  Wealthy gay dad, Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, says he and his civil partner Tony will go to court to force churches to host gay weddings.  —  He told the Essex Chronicle that he will take legal action because “I am still not getting what I want”.
Discussion: NOM Blog, Althouse and The PJ Tatler
Olivia Williams / Daily Mail:
'I'm a Pastafarian': Man who claims his religion forces him to wear a sieve on his head given permission to wear one on his official identity card picture  —  A man who wears a sieve on his head for religious reasons has been allowed to wear his bizarre headgear on his official identity card.
Seth Motel / Pew Research Center:
GOP views of Paul, Christie reflect fight over civil liberties  —  The debate over the government's data collection program has revealed internal splits in both parties.  In the GOP, the fight has gotten personal: Kentucky senator Rand Paul has been a leading critic of the program …
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Washington Post:
Democratic divide over NSA could pose problem for Obama
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:   The “anti-God” party
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Employer Tipped Off Police To Pressure Cooker And Backpack Searches, Not Google  —  In what might be Medium's first widespread Twitter moment, music writer Michele Catalano used the platform to blog details of an unexpected visit to her home yesterday, from six men she identifies as members of the “joint terrorism task force.”
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Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
Google ‘Pressure Cookers’ and ‘Backpacks,’ Get a Visit from the Cops
BBC:
John Kerry says Egypt army is ‘restoring democracy’  —  US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Egypt's military was “restoring democracy” when it ousted elected President Mohammed Morsi last month.  —  Mr Kerry said the removal was at the request of “millions and millions of people”.
Discussion: Guardian
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Wall Street Journal:
Kerry Lauds Egypt Military for ‘Restoring Democracy’
Discussion: Via Meadia and The Hill
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Neocon Revival
Discussion: National Review
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Court Reporters
Rebecca Morelle / BBC:
Rise in violence ‘linked to climate change’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Guardian
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Payrolls Rise Less Than Forecast, U.S. Jobless Rate Falls
Gideon Resnick / Politicker:
Jimmy McMillan Endorses and Gives Advice to Anthony Weiner
Discussion: theGrio, Hot Air and Politico
Fox News:
Hasan sends writings to Fox News ahead of Fort Hood shooting trial
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
Arthur C. Brooks / Wall Street Journal:
Arthur Brooks: How Obama Neglects the Poor
Discussion: VodkaPundit and National Review
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